Story: Māori foods – kai Māori

Making rewena bread (1st of 2)

Click through this series of photographs to see how Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) makes rewena bread. Instead of using European-style baker's yeast, the bread is leavened using a starter culture, or 'bug'. The bug is made from boiled potato, flour, sugar and water, and works in a similar way to a sourdough starter.